Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman
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| Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman[1] | |
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| Directed by | Tokuzō Tanaka |
| Screenplay by | Seiji Hoshikawa |
| Based on | Renzaburō Shibata |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Chikashi Makiura |
| Edited by | Hiroshi Yamada |
| Music by | Taichirō Kosugi |
Production company | Daiei Kyoto |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman (眠狂四郎 殺法帖, Nemuri Kyōshirō Sappōchō) is a 1963 Japanese Jidaigeki film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka.[2][3] It was adapted from the novel Nemuri Kyōshirō Buraihikai written by Renzaburō Shibata.[4] It is the first film of a classic Japanese samurai film series Nemuri Kyōshirō.[5][6][7]
Nemuri Kyōshirō is a mixed-blood swordsman. One day, Kyōshirō is attacked by Ninja on his way to a riverside tea-house. A few days later, Kyōshirō has a visit from Chisa, who serves the Kaga Maeda clan. She asks Kyōshirō to protect her from a Chinese man named Chen Sun. Kyōshirō accept her request. However Kyōshirō later hears a surprising fact from Chen Sun.
